HTC to displace RIM as No. 4 smartphone vendor

HTC is set to slide into the No. 4 spot on the list of the world’s top smartphone vendors next year according to Taiwan-based research firm Market Intelligence Center. The slot is currently held by BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. Headquartered outside Taiwan’s capital, HTC has quietly built a smartphone empire as well as one of the highest market caps of any tech company on the Taiwan exchange. HTC builds some of the most popular Android smartphones in the world, and the company reported profits of NT$14.83 billion in the first quarter of 2011 — triple the profit it recorded in the same quarter one year prior. HTC also shipped 9.7 million smartphones in the first quarter, which represents a 192% improvement over the first quarter of 2010. Market Intelligence Center estimates that global smartphone shipments will reach 452 million units this year, and 1.084 billion units in 2015.

RIM struggles to rip off the turtle costume screaming “I’m the Rabbit!!!!”

Anonymous

Lol! And who’s holding the double -barrel shotgun?

Todd

Now, who would BGR put down if RIM weren’t around?

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JNKVTT7PJMXPYP2GVCIERBQQCU Andrew

He’s not putting them down. It’s not his fault nor doing that RIM is sliding downwards in every area. They are merely reporting what others are saying. There’s nothing good to say about RIM right now so you might as well deal with it.

The Donald.

It’s not worth it. Angry troll is angry. You’re just encouraging him.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VMPLR2MMJAVZ3W62HDWBPP25QE TheDude

You mean they are reporting BS. The numbers don’t lie. 13.2 Million for RIM vs. 9.7 million for HTC. No offense, but some BS prediction about the “future” is not news. BGR makes a living off of trashing RIM. That is it, plain and simple.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JNKVTT7PJMXPYP2GVCIERBQQCU Andrew

They put out all predictions so this is no different. So whether it’s BS or not it’s still a prediction they post everyday from so called analysts. This is no different than posting predictions of iPad sales or Android market share in 2015. Not sure why you guys get some defensive about stuff.

Anonymous

One is moving up at an alarming rate. One is either moving down or being stagnant. What is the big mystery? As I said above, the article is more about HTC than RIM, but people feel the need to stand up for their phone for some reason.

I have to admit if it wasn’t for Sense UI I would have NEVER gotten an Android phone… my first phone was the Htc Hero. My other option on Sprint was the Moment with Stock… VERY UGLY Android 1.5 Stock with that stupid pull up drawer

Anonymous

I don’t understand why. You can basically build Sense on your own with all the options in the market.

Jfinbox

Bingo. Sense is unbelievable fluid, easy to navigate and yes. with Moto Blur, and Touch wiz i would have had a second look at the iphone, seriously.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_GP2WYAHXS6CRUREISWBGPUSUGE Michael

Good for HTC.

RIP RIM, ASAP.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VMPLR2MMJAVZ3W62HDWBPP25QE TheDude

So, RIM shipping 13.2 million units and HTC shipping 9.7 million means that HTC is about to take over. Can someone explain this math? Next year?? what does that mean. So this is a prediction…

Why don’t you get over yourselves here. Not everything has to be about beating up on RIM.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_JNKVTT7PJMXPYP2GVCIERBQQCU Andrew

That’s what a prediction is. HTC is steady improving and with RIM not putting anything out this year and only the 9900 coming which will still have the old OS, they are predicting that HTC will pass them. Will it happen? Who knows but it’s feasible given the current state of the companies. And the the positions are not determined by 1 quarter, it’s over a period of time. You are looking at the first quarter. With HTC putting out the Sensation and now EVO 3D and let alone devices in other countries in the past couple months they will creep closer and closer to RIM who isn’t releasing anything. It’s not really that hard to fathom.

Anonymous

God, people are so ignorant it’s ridiculous — I don’t particularly fault you, as you get the knowledge you have from sites that have taught you to shit on everything RIM-related.

There are going to be at LEAST four new devices from RIM this year — the Torch 2, Bold Touch, Monaco, and a new Curve — and maybe another full touch-screen device. The Bold Touch is the only one that has been officially announced thus far but it has been widely-reported that most of these devices will release around the same time.

Yes the software isn’t anything groundbreaking — but then again neither are the updates from iOS and Android. How quickly people forget QNX is right around the corner…

The better question is who’s paying you guys to do all these negative RIM stories?

Microsoft? Nokia? Google? Apple?

That’s the real question here

You guys run more Blackberry Articles than Crackberry

What Gives?

Anonymous

Yea lets completely ignore the actual point of the article about HTC gaining market share. The only reason it’s negative is because you took some kind of offense to it. lol RIM is barely even mentioned in the article, just like how it’s barely mentioned in the real world. The story is completely about HTC. If the #4 position were currently held by Samsung, then it would say Samsung instead of RIM. Deal with it.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=761252305 Abdul Nabi

It’s this kind of knee-jerk denial thinking that’s killing RIM from the inside… guess the fanbois would have the same mentality…

HTC has the numbers… it’s a significant story… no one is paying BGR.

RIM is flushing itself down the market toilet… and it’s their own fault.

Get with reality

Tour2evo

Im not speaking to the validity of this story

Im speaking of the amount of RIM stories on BGR in the past 3 months

Hey lets be real here RIM isnt the only company in trouble

Nokia, Palm, Microsoft just to name a few

But do a search and see how many negative stories that have been posted regarding RIM

And by the way lets ask HTC would they be happy with shipping 13 Million phones in the last quarter?

The answer would be a resounding yes

Im in no ways a RIM fanboy

I had a BB Tour and switched to an Android

But i know a smear campaign when i see one.

And this has been an all out assault on RIM by BGR

And once again the question is who’s behind it?

Don’t tell me they can’t report on Apple or Android Stories

But all of BGR’s focus is on RIM

Whats next a Letter from the Janitor at RIM telling us whats wrong with the company?

And how will BGR characterize that Story

A High Ranking Executive spills the beans on the Company!!!

Give me a break!

Anonymous

Nokia WAS dying. Even Nokia realized it. That’s why they moved to WP7. Now their future is uncertain. Could be good, could be bad. But uncertain is better than “a slow but sure death.”

Microsoft is projected to slowly increase market share year by year. So they’re not in a good position at this moment, but their projections are good. I don’t think they’re in trouble.

Palm? Palm is DEAD sir. Have you seen any Palm products? Note it’s the HP Veer, not the Palm Veer. Now is HP in trouble? Yeah, actually I would say they are. But we have to see how they leverage webOS, which has a lot better potential (if it EVER lives up to it) than BBOS. They need to work out the kinks (random stutters and freezes) and soup up the quality app count and then you have arguably the best phone/tablet OS. They’re not doing a good job of it right now though so they’re definitely in trouble right now.

RIM is still huge and they can pull themselves out of this because they’re huge and have the resources, but with the attitude of “nothing is wrong” they won’t be able to. QNX might save them, but it’s just not going so well for them right now.

rawr

I’ll tell you what gives

RIM’s marketing is terrible and they actually respond to boy gay report

If I was on BGR I would do the same to these tools

TECHNINE

Hey, what’s the difference between RIM and HTC…

Well, both have three letters, except with RIM, they deny the letters are real.

Anonymous

The phone in the picture is the HD2… the first scratch to iPhone’s crown.

Anonymous

RIM is sinking

http://twitter.com/TwatHorse Twat Horse

I need another HTC device. I’m hoping for a Sensation or an EVO 3D…or both. I do love my HTC Evo 4G though. I’ve been using HTC since the WinMo days.

DJ

Hmmmmmm…… A Taiwanese story about a Taiwanese company and it doesn’t sound the least bit fishy???? Nothing there seems to suggest htc will take over the #4 spot.

Anonymous

It’s a clear indication that companies with foresight and innovation can take over an industry quickly. Those who trend in past practices will be in board meetings asking to keep their jobs after their company has been bought out.

Anonymous

UP NEXT IS U APPLE. BE AFRAID VERY AFRAID

Anonymous

Apple has been doing this a long time, you just haven’t been listening.

Mkeita77

Easy guys, Research in Motion is doing a bad rim job. That’s all folks!

Anonymous

Too bad for RIM

http://www.nerd-news.com Rob Boggan

Wow…. It’s gonna be a long nasty year for RIM if they don’t drastically change things. The Blackberry of old is no longer interesting to consumers. Not saying that they should copy and paste popular features from other OS’ (a’la Apple), but instead should focus on providing users with a unique, fresh take on what made Blackberry so interesting to begin with. Either that, or they’ll soon go the way of Palm and get absorbed by another giant.

Anonymous

And what’s with all them lawsuits ??

Serge

What RIM needs to do is merge with Nintendo, with maybe Boxee thrown in; make everything run on top of QNX; and start merging from there. Consumer handheld devices, teen BBM/gaming market, video store on a console, place-shifting via wireless, Wii U / Playbook integration, and so on.

http://twitter.com/andreharry Andre Harry

Relax… soon people will be fed up with HTC too… releasing new phones every 3 weeks. wow.